If ΔPQR ≅ ΔABC , AB = 6 cm, ∠B = 50° and ∠A = 70°, then which of the following is true?

- (a)

- (b)

- (c)

- (d)

Answer
Why
Correct — D. Read the congruence in the order it is written: ΔPQR ≅ ΔABC pairs P with A, Q with B, R with C.
Sides pair the same way, so PQ answers to AB.
AB = 6 cm → QP = 6 cm
Angles pair the same way, so ∠R answers to ∠C.
∠C = 180° − 70° − 50° = 60° → ∠R = 60°
Both halves of option (d) hold.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Option (a) claims QR = 6 cm. QR answers to BC, and BC is never given — only AB is 6 cm. Its angle half is right, but the side is not.
- (b)Option (b) fails twice over. QR is not the side that answers to AB, and ∠Q = ∠B = 50°, not 60°.
- (c)Option (c) has the side right and the angle wrong: ∠P answers to ∠A, so ∠P = 70°. The 60° angle belongs to R.
Concept
A congruence statement is an ordered statement. ΔPQR ≅ ΔABC says more than that the triangles match — it says which vertex answers to which, first to first, second to second, third to third.
Everything else follows from that ordering: PQ = AB, QR = BC, RP = CA, ∠P = ∠A, ∠Q = ∠B and ∠R = ∠C.
The arithmetic is just the angle sum. Two angles of ΔABC are given, so the third is 180° − 70° − 50° = 60°.
The stem and all four options are set as images. The stem reads: If ΔPQR ≅ ΔABC, AB = 6 cm, ∠B = 50° and ∠A = 70°, then which of the following is true?
The options read (a) QR = 6 cm, ∠R = 60°; (b) QR = 6 cm, ∠Q = 60°; (c) QP = 6 cm, ∠P = 60°; (d) QP = 6 cm, ∠R = 60°.
Key facts
- In ΔPQR ≅ ΔABC the correspondence is P to A, Q to B and R to C, taken in the written order.
- Corresponding sides are therefore PQ = AB, QR = BC and RP = CA.
- With ∠A = 70° and ∠B = 50°, the third angle ∠C is 60°, so ∠R = 60°.
Study next
Common traps
- Matching letters alphabetically instead of by position, which pairs QR with AB
- Attaching the 60° to ∠P or ∠Q rather than to ∠R
The same ordered-correspondence reading is set at 10 Sep 2024, 16:00, Quant Q.5, where ΔPQR ≅ ΔMON makes ∠MON the 82° angle at Q and ON the side answering to QR = 24, so 5y − 8 = 82 and 3x + y = 24.
It is stripped to its bare bones at 11 Sep 2024, 12:30, Quant Q.14, which asks which side of ΔABC answers to PQ when ΔABC and ΔRPQ are congruent.
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